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[dead_soft]

A few ideas:
The city centre has been taken over by students and property investors making money from students none of whom pay any council tax.
There is no direct transport link from town to the airport.
Failed developments all over the place.
Failed to get the commonwealth games.
Failed to get channel 4.
Appears in local press only when he is directly and personally affected by something.
Embarrasses himself and the city on social media.
High profile members of his council team being arrested.
His using tax payers money and council legal team for a private legal case.
Strange goings on regarding planning permission for the roof extension on the shankly hotel.

Putting political and football allegiances aside, I don't see any evidence of him having any business savvy.

A few ideas:
The city centre has been taken over by students and property investors making money from students none of whom pay any council tax.
There is no direct transport link from town to the airport.
Failed developments all over the place.
Failed to get the commonwealth games.
Failed to get channel 4.
Appears in local press only when he is directly and personally affected by something.
Embarrasses himself and the city on social media.
High profile members of his council team being arrested.
His using tax payers money and council legal team for a private legal case.
Strange goings on regarding planning permission for the roof extension on the shankly hotel.

Putting political and football allegiances aside, I don't see any evidence of him having any business savvy.

The city centre never provided much council tax. You can’t praise Manchester and then complain about property developers being allowed free reign...

you place a lot more on councils than they can actually do. They have limited ability to solely affect infrastructure. I’m not a massive Anderson fan but I’m notsure much of your criticism stacks up as the massive failure you suggest he is

 

[Number_25]

I've been thinking about this for a bit.



This was the Daily Mirror's front page on the 12th December 2019.

The language tells a story within itself. For them, vote Labour.

It should have been For us, vote Labour.

By the many, not the few.

Endemic of a party that has lost touch with the working class. A party that is run by middle class people with zero real understanding of what it means to live in 21st century Britain with nothing.

 

[Number_25]

I want to support Keir Starmer, but I don't think he's what the party needs right now.

I wanted Rayner to step forward and go for it, but she didn't fancy it.

I'll have to wait and see what Nandy says when asked about policy, I hope it isn't just "listening".

 

[summerisle]

lol

 

[davek]

I've been thinking about this for a bit.

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This was the Daily Mirror's front page on the 12th December 2019.

The language tells a story within itself. For them, vote Labour.

It should have been For us, vote Labour.

By the many, not the few.

Endemic of a party that has lost touch with the working class. A party that is run by middle class people with zero real understanding of what it means to live in 21st century Britain with nothing.

But it was the Mirror's front page headline, not the LP's.

 

[zzr45]

Corbyn failing to equate bonuses as income. The utter failure of this idiot to grasp economics is mind-blowing. Please can the next person have a clue about these sort of things?

 

[summerisle]

All over the news this, oh, wait, hang on, soon.

Jewish Chronicle to pay damages over anti-Semitism libel

Labour activist Audrey White was smeared by the paper.

electronicintifada.net

 

[davek]

All over the news this, oh, wait, hang on, soon.

Jewish Chronicle to pay damages over anti-Semitism libel

Labour activist Audrey White was smeared by the paper.

electronicintifada.net

I see there that they're struggling with costs to keep publishing and that a merger with another anti-Palistinian and anti-socialist newspaper is required to survive.

Best they go bust and no one has to put up with their filthy lies again.

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[neil999]

Corbyn failing to equate bonuses as income. The utter failure of this idiot to grasp economics is mind-blowing. Please can the next person have a clue about these sort of things?

You have failed to grasp the penalising nature of the benefits system

 

[zzr45]

You have failed to grasp the penalising nature of the benefits system

You mean how if you are paid over a threshold you don’t get them or they get reduced? No, I understand that part.

Bonuses were being equated to gifts rather than as income. It was Incorrect. It was cheap attempts to point score that fell absolutely flat.

 

[neil999]

You mean how if you are paid over a threshold you don’t get them or they get reduced? No, I understand that part.

Bonuses were being equated to gifts rather than as income. It was Incorrect. It was cheap attempts to point score that fell absolutely flat.

It clearly illustrated the punitive nature of the benefits system, so worked very well

 

[zzr45]

It clearly illustrated the punitive nature of the benefits system, so worked very well

Not really, it’s demonstrated that if you get paid over a threshold you lose access to some benefits, just like how I can’t apply for housing benefit etc because i get paid over the threshold. The system is there for those that need it.

If we let people have bonuses without it counting as income then the system would be destroyed in record time. It’s why that entire argument is completely daft.

 

[neil999]

Not really, it’s demonstrated that if you get paid over a threshold you lose access to some benefits, just like how I can’t apply for housing benefit etc because i get paid over the threshold. The system is there for those that need it.

If we let people have bonuses without it counting as income then the system would be destroyed in record time. It’s why that entire argument is completely daft.

Sigh... It's him showing how little someone benefits from getting a bonus when they are receiving benefits , not that it shouldn't be tapered in some way

 

[zzr45]

Sigh... It's him showing how little someone benefits from getting a bonus when they are receiving benefits , not that it shouldn't be tapered in some way

So people under a certain level should be able to take a full bonus without it being taxed or taken into consideration? What about people that are paid on commission but have base pay rates that fall under the threshold, should they also get that free?